artilector
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Everybody looks pretty much like who we thought they are.. Tip of the hat for Juice.
8/10 on the pure regular season entertainment scale.
8/10 on the pure regular season entertainment scale.
Do you even read what you post?
Whine? THE GOALIE TOOK A HEAD SHOT THAT WENT UNCALLED.I don't really care about the outcome.
Positives:
Another rookie steps up
Our big stars are looking good
Negatives:
We continue to draw penalties, it's not enough to whine about them. Stop putting yourself in that position
Defense is slooooooooooow and unreliable with the puck. There was a sequence late that summed it all up, Orpik misplayed a puck with no one around, got blown past by a Pen, almost tackles the guy trying to fix the issue.
I don't think Vrana has been terrible but he has not been good enough for us to beat teams like Pittsburgh or Tampa. He still makes one bad play for every good play.
He wasn’t wrong. That was an awful 2 min of hockey by 8 at the end. Fumbling puck, whiffing on puck, giving it away while trying to bank it off boards to the forward down low.
I mean, I’m sure he was exhausted, but ... he was not effective. I’m glad he scored on the djoos dish, but he could have scored another 2 or 3 tonight.
Shame we waited till last 8 min of game to show urgency. So many passengers.
I think NJ will give us an even tougher time than TBL and PIT. Devils look great so far this year.
Exciting to see Djoos contribute right off the bat.
Eller looked good.
Kuz almost scored a GOTY candidate on the coast-to-coast rush.
Bura still on the milk carton.
I hope willy’s return gives us a boost. We do miss the hitting, and he has turned into smart, hardworking PKer, too.
I'm just excited about Djoos. When last time did we have such debut? against the arch-rivals? I hope he is our secret weapon, a young unknown player who came to this league and contributed significantly.Do you even read what you post?
It's hockey. Shit happens. The narrative that we picked on by the league is lame and old. Championship teams don't point to the refs when shit falls apart.When is Trotz and/or GMBM going to nut up and call the league on their ****?
Whine? THE GOALIE TOOK A HEAD SHOT THAT WENT UNCALLED.
I agree..post him up in front of net 6 on 5..put a dman back in his place on the blue line.I still don't like Ovi on the point ENG. Give me Orlov or... um I dunno. DJOOS.
Yeah, headshots on goalies is just shit happening in the NHL.It's hockey. **** happens. The narrative that we picked on by the league is lame and old. Championship teams don't point to the refs when **** falls apart.
It's hockey. **** happens. The narrative that we picked on by the league is lame and old. Championship teams don't point to the refs when **** falls apart.
He is 21 and last year he couldn't fart on the ice without getting sent back to the AHL. There will be growing pains, especially with his style of play.
Lots of posters here want to bemoan Trotz and his anti-youth movement, but I'm not sure people realize that when you embrace the youth you have to take the warts that come with it. If people are expecting Ovechkin and Kuznetsovs from every rookie they're gonna have a bad time. Most of our rookies will suuuuuuuuuuuuuck, but the valuable thing is the ice time they receive.
It's an 82 game season and basically half the league makes the playoffs. We have proven time and time again that regular season wins and losses short of making the playoffs is meaningless, so what we need to be doing is giving these kids time even if it is ugly.
You're delusional if you think nothing happens if that was Murray and Ovie. God forbid Wilson, Matt Martin or other similar players did something like that…This
I agree..post him up in front of net 6 on 5..put a dman back in his place on the blue line.
You're delusional if you think nothing happens if that was Murray and Ovie. God forbid Wilson, Matt Martin or other similar players did something like that…
I think someone alleged he may have been tired. Well of course, from having to chase all clears while Pitt is changing after each one.
I still contend opposition goalies prefer the leagues premier goal scorer to be as far away from the net as possible. We are making it happen. We finally have 2 offensive LDs and yet they won't get a sniff with an extra man. If Barry won't change after tonight, he won't for the rest of his tenure. He had a hot hand at LD yet shelved him. I remember many coaches in previous decades would make sure to get the guy with a hot hand out when needing a goal late.
We have had players get mixed up with other teams goalies and get no penalties. I do believe Toronto was upset last year because they felt we kept running their goalie.You're delusional if you think nothing happens if that was Murray and Ovie. God forbid Wilson, Matt Martin or other similar players did something like that…